Heap

Heap may refer to:

Computer science

• Heap (data structure), a data structure commonly used to implement a priority queue
• Heap (or free store), an area of memory used for dynamic memory allocation

Mathematics

• Heap (mathematics), a generalization of a group

Comics

• The Heap, a Golden Age comic book character similar to but well pre-dating Marvel Comics' Man-Thing. Later re-imagined by Todd McFarlane for his series Spawn

For people named Heap, see Heap (surname).

HEAP as an acronym may refer to:

• High Explosive, Armor-Piercing ammunition and ordnance
• High Explosive Anti-Personnel ammunition and ordnance (ie usually French supplied weapons with English translation of manuals).
• Home Energy Assistance Program of New York, Ohio, and other states
• Holocaust Education and Avoidance Pod, an idea put forth in Neal Stephenson's book Cryptonomicon, consisting of bundled information pertaining to guerilla warfare

See also

• Beap
• Treap
• Sorites paradox, also known as the paradox of the heap.